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The Way Back: Aggie Armadillos

The Way Back: Aggie Armadillos

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An armadillo is removed from the field by a University of Texas Longhorn Band Member during halftime of the 1971 Texas vs. Texas A&M game. Few rivalries...

 
 

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The Famed Scottish Rite Dormitory Is Celebrating 100 Years This Fall

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For the past century, the Scottish Rite Dormitory, a stately, Georgian-inspired residential building, has sat on a picturesque plot of West 27th Street. Three...

 
 

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Kenny Vaccaro Is Taking on the World of Esports 

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Anyone who’s ever seen Kenny Vaccaro, ’12, has a Kenny Vaccaro highlight burned into their head. Perhaps it was one of his many crushing tackles covering...

 
 

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Exploring Outside the Lines

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We all had one during our time in college: an elective course signed up for on a whim, perhaps begrudgingly, to fulfill that elusive flag requirement, in search...

 
 

Discover New Fall Reads From the Longhorn Universe

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BORN TO SHINE  Do Good, Find Your Joy, and Build a Life You Love  by Kendra Scott  A familiar name in Austin and in jewelry stores around...

 
 
Letter From the Executive Director: Bang the Drum

Letter From the Executive Director: Bang the Drum

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Harris backstage at the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2009. As a hardcore business major in the 1980s, I was focused on getting to class at the McCombs...

 
 

The Wildflower Center Is Planting a Field of Light

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There’s plenty to see sprawled across the fields of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center nearly year round: pollinators flitting about native wildflowers,...

 
 

From the Desk of Ellsworth Kelly

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Ellsworth Kelly, “Study for Blue and White Sculpture for Les Tuileries,” 1964, postcard collage. Ellsworth Kelly’s only freestanding building, Austin,...

 
 

Texas Athletics Brings Home the Directors’ Cup—Again

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Alongside the 2022 Directors’ Cup is Chris Plonsky, Texas Athletics chief of staff and executive senior associate athletics director. Led by a new class...

 
 

20 Years of Tailgating

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Friends Stavinoha, Burch, Holloway, and Smith purchased their burnt-orange Volkswagen in 2006; The tailgate across the pond in 2001. “Come early, be loud,...

 
 
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